About the Book
Blending communicative and interactive approaches with tried-and-true grammar teaching, Basic English Grammar, Third Edition, by Betty Schrampfer Azar and Stacy A. Hagen, offers concise, accurate, level-appropriate grammar information with an abundance of exercises, contexts, and classroom activities. New features of Basic English Grammar, Third Edition: *Increased speaking practice through interactive pair and group work. *New structure-focused listening exercises. *More activities that provide real communication opportunities. *Added illustrations to help students learn vocabulary, understand contexts, and engage in communicative language tasks. *New Workbook solely devoted to self-study exercises. *New Audio CDs and listening script in the back of the Student Book.*Student Book is available with or without Answer Key. *Student Book and Workbook are available in split versions.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 USING BE 1-1 NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR 1-2 NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL 1-3 PRONOUN + BE + NOUN 1-4 CONTRACTIONS WITH BE 1-5 NEGATIVE WITH BE 1-6 BE + ADJECTIVE 1-7 BE + A PLACE 1-8 SUMMARY: BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS WITH BE Chapter 2 USING BE AND HAVE 2-1 YES/NO QUESTIONS WITH BE 2-2 SHORT ANSWERS TO YES/NO QUESTIONS 2-3 QUESTIONS WITH BE: USING WHERE 2-4 USING HAVE AND HAS 2-5 USING MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, OUR, THEIR 2-6 USING THIS AND THAT 2-7 USING THESE AND THOSE 2-8 ASKING QUESTIONS WITH WHAT AND WHO BE Chapter 3 USING THE SIMPLE PRESENT 3-1 FORM AND BASIC MEANING OF THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE 3-2 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS: ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, SELDOM, RARELY, NEVER 3-3 OTHER FREQUENCY EXPRESSIONS 3-4 USING FREQUENCY ADVERBS WITH BE 3-5 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -ES 3-6 ADDING FINAL -S/-ES TO WORDS THAT END IN -Y 3-7 IRREGULAR SINGULAR VERBS: HAS, DOES, GOES 3-8 SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL -S / -ES 3-9 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: NEGATIVE 3-10 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: YES/NO QUESTIONS 3-11 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH WHERE 3-12 THE SIMPLE PRESENT: ASKING INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH WHEN AND WHAT TIME 3-13 SUMMARY: INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH BE AND DO Chapter 4 USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 4-1 BE + -ING: THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE 4-2 SPELLING OF -ING 4-3 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: NEGATIVES 4-4 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE: QUESTIONS 4-5 THE SIMPLE PRESENT vs. THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 4-6 NONACTION VERBS NOT USED IN THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE 4-7 SEE, LOOK AT, WATCH, HEAR, AND LISTEN TO 4-8 THINK ABOUT AND THINK THAT Chapter 5 TALKING ABOUT THE PRESENT 5-1 USING IT TO TALK ABOUT TIME 5-2 PREPOSITIONS OF TIME 5-3 USING IT TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER 5-4 THERE + BE 5-5 THERE + BE: YES/NO QUESTIONS 5-6 THERE + BE: ASKING QUESTIONS WITH HOW MANY 5-7 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE 5-8 SOME PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE: A LIST 5-9 NEED AND WANT + A NOUN OR AN INFINITIVE 5-10 WOULD LIKE 5-11 WOULD LIKE vs. LIKE Chapter 6 NOUNS AND PRONOUNS 6-1 NOUNS: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS 6-2 ADJECTIVE + NOUN 6-3 SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS 6-4 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL 6-5 NOUNS: IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS Chapter 7 COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS 7-1 NOUNS: COUNT AND NONCOUNT 7-2 USING AN vs. A 7-3 USING A/AN vs. SOME 7-4 MEASUREMENTS WITH NONCOUNT NOUNS 7-5 USING MANY, MUCH, A FEW, A LITTLE 7-6 USING THE 7-7 USING A A (NO ARTICLE) TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS 7-8 USING SOME AND ANY Chapter 8 EXPRESSING PAST TIME, PART 1 8-1 USING BE: PAST TIME 8-2 PAST OF BE: NEGATIVE 8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS 8-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO 8-6 THE SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1) 8-7 THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE 8-8 THE SIMPLE PAST: YES/NO QUESTIONS 8-9 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2) 8-10 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3) 8-11 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 4) Chapter 9 EXPRESSING PAST TIME, PART 2 9-1 THE SIMPLE PAST: USING WHERE, WHEN, WHAT TIME, AND WHY 9-2 QUESTIONS WITH WHAT 9-3 QUESTIONS WITH WHO 9-4 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 5) 9-5 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 6) 9-6 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 7) 9-7 BEFORE AND AFTER IN TIME CLAUSES 9-8 WHEN IN TIME CLAUSES 9-9 THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND THE PAST PROGRESSIVE 9-10 USING WHILE WITH THE PAST PROGRESSIVE 9-11 WHILE vs. WHEN IN PAST TIME CLAUSES 9-12 SIMPLE PAST vs. PAST PROGRESSIVE Chapter 10 EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME, PART 1 10-1 FUTURE TIME: USING BE GOING TO 10-2 USING THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TO EXPRESS FUTURE TIME 10-3 WORDS USED FOR PAST TIME AND FUTURE TIME 10-4 USING A COUPLE OF OR A FEW WITH AGO (PAST) AND IN (FUTURE) 10-5 USING TODAY, TONIGHT, AND THIS + MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING, WEEK, MONTH, YEAR 10-6 FUTURE TIME: USING WILL 10-7 ASKING QUESTIONS WITH WILL 10-8 VERB SUMMARY: PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE 10-9 VERB SUMMARY: FORMS OF BE Chapter 11 EXPRESSING FUTURE TIME, PART 2 11-1 MAY/MIGHT vs. WILL 11-2 MAYBE (ONE WORD) vs. MAY BE (TWO WORDS) 11-3 FUTURE TIME CLAUSES WITH BEFORE, AFTER, AND WHEN 11-4 CLAUSES WITH IF 11-5 EXPRESSING HABITUAL PRESENT WITH TIME CLAUSES AND IF-CLAUSES 11-6 USING WHAT + A FORM OF DO Chapter 12 MODALS, PART 1: EXPRESSING ABILITY 12-1 USING CAN 12-2 PRONUNCIATION OF CAN AND CAN'T 12-3 USING CAN: QUESTIONS 12-4 USING KNOW HOW TO 12-5 USING COULD: PAST OF CAN 12-6 USING BE ABLE TO 12-7 USING VERY AND TOO + ADJECTIVE 12-8 USING TWO, TOO, AND TO 12-9 MORE ABOUT PREPOSITIONS: AT AND IN FOR LOCATIONS Chapter 13 MODALS, PART 2: ADVICE, NECESSITY, REQUESTS, SUGGESTIONS 13-1 USING SHOULD 13-2 USING HAVE + INFINITIVE (HAVE TO/HAS TO) 13-3 USING MUST 13-4 POLITE QUESTIONS: MAY I, COULD I, AND CAN I 13-5 POLITE QUESTIONS: COULD YOU AND WOULD YOU 13-6 IMPERATIVE SENTENCES 13-7 MODAL AUXILIARIES 13-8 SUMMARY CHART: MODAL AUXILIARIES 13-9 USING LET'S Chapter 14 NOUNS AND MODIFIERS 14-1 MODIFYING NOUNS WITH ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS 14-2 WORD ORDER OF ADJECTIVES 14-3 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ALL OF, MOST OF, SOME OF, ALMOST ALL OF 14-4 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT 14-5 EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY: ONE OF, NONE OF 14-6 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: NOTHING AND NO ONE 14-7 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: SOMETHING, SOMEONE, ANYTHING, ANYONE 14-8 USING EVERY 14-9 LINKING VERBS + ADJECTIVES 14-10 ADJECTIVES + ADVERBS Chapter 15 POSSESSIVES 15-1 POSSESSIVE NOUNS 15-2 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS 15-3 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS, OURS, THEIRS 15-4 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE Chapter 16 MAKING COMPARISONS 16-1 COMPARISONS: USING THE SAME (AS), SIMILAR (TO), AND DIFFERENT FROM 16-2 COMPARISONS: USING LIKE AND ALIKE 16-3 THE COMPARATIVE: USING -ER AND MORE 16-4 THE SUPERLATIVE: USING -EST AND MOST 16-5 USING ONE OF + SUPERLATIVE + PLURAL NOUN 16-6 USING BUT 16-7 USING VERBS AFTER BUT 16-8 MAKING COMPARISONS WITH ADVERBS APPENDIX IRREGULAR VERBS LISTENING SCRIPT CD TRACKING SCRIPT ANSWER KEY
